
If you’ve just installed Windows on a PC or plugged in a peripheral and something isn’t working properly, it’s time to get the official drivers from the manufacturer’s download site. In some cases, you’ll want to download the official drivers straight from the manufacturer instead of Microsoft. But even Windows 7 PCs can get many drivers through Windows Update. Windows Update has more drivers on Windows 10, so this works better on Windows 10 systems. This is the safest way to update your drivers on Windows, because they go through fairly extensive testing by Microsoft. Any important updates are delivered via Windows Update, too. Device manufacturers upload these official drivers to Windows Update so Windows can install them automatically. When you install Windows on a computer or connect a peripheral to your PC, Windows automatically downloads and installs the appropriate drivers. If you have recently finished installing or reinstalling Windows onto the computer and are getting the unknown PCI device, we suggest you manually identify the PCI device through the registry.If your PC and its connected devices are working properly, you probably don’t need to download drivers. A listing of drivers is on our drivers page. If you that the device not being identified is installed, we suggest you obtain the latest drivers for that device. If you tried the above two steps and your Windows Device Manager still contains an Unknown PCI device, likely the device cannot be identified. Other PCI device that Windows cannot identify For a listing of video card drivers, see our video card drivers page. If installing the latest chipset or motherboard drivers doesn't resolve your issue, make sure you have the latest drivers installed for your video card. Otherwise, you can find drivers for all the major chipsets on our motherboard drivers page. If you or someone you know built your computer, it came with the motherboard CD.

Corrupt or missing motherboard or chipset driversĭownload and install the latest chipset and video card drivers.

This issue is caused when Microsoft Windows does not properly detect the chipset or video display.
